Saturday, December 08, 2007

On Thursday, I went to a place called Jam Garden and took a pottery class.They do 2 hour classes for 3000 yen.First I had to draw what I wanted to make.I decided to make a macha chawn - which is a little bowl for drinking macha.First the teacher explained what to do.

こういう風にやっていると、まん丸くなりますので、If you do this, it becomes round.

こういう風にまん丸くしてください。So please do this and make it round.

で、ここから作り始めていきますが、So now we can start.

どうやるかと言うと、How you make it is,

まず親指を真ん中に乗せます。first, put your thumb in the middle.

必ず、全てが真ん中、真ん中です。It's important to make sure everything is properly centred

真ん中に必ず親指を当てて、Make sure you put your thumb in the centre,

外側に四本指を真っ直ぐに当てて、and put your four fingers straight down against the outside,

Then I made my piece.First I made the clay into a round ball.Then put the ball on the wheel.Then spun the wheel to check if it was in the centre.The teacher that it's really important to make sure it's in the centre.Then I started pressing the clay with my thumb and fingers like she told me.My thumb got kind of tired so I used two hands.Gradually it got bigger and bigger.And then it was time to cut the bottom.Then I smoothed out the sides.Then cut the top.And smoothed around the top.Then I changed the shape a bit, by pushing out with my fingers.I cut the bowl off the wheel.Looking good!Then I wrote my name on the bottom. Sara.Then I washed my hands.And I drew a picture of my piece.Finally, I chose the colour.Pink.

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